OLIVIA — Unconditional bail was set at $1 million Monday in Renville County Court for a 62-year-old rural Sacred Heart man accused of molesting children in a Renville daycare. Darrel Kerwin Hanson faces 10 counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. Bail with conditions was set at ...

Summer is quickly drawing to a close and that means area students will be returning to school within the next week, while others have already started classes. Sleepy Eye Schools Sleepy Eye Public Schools was the first to school in the region to open classes for the fall. All Sleepy Eye Public ...

NEW ULM – For six years, Richard Gurgel has served as president of Martin Luther College (MLC) and going into the 2025-2026 school year, he is more excited than ever to serve as the shepherd for the students and faculty. “The real excitement for this fall is that there will be around 200 ...

NEW ULM – For 23 years the Piotter family has sold sweetcorn directly to customers from the back of a pickup truck parked near South Payne Street. Tuesday the sweetcorn selling season came to a close. Kendall Piotter and his son Dylan Piotter picked the last ears of sweetcorn from their farm ...

New Ulm Police • Took a call at 6 p.m. Monday from a 31-year-old New Ulm woman who said a man she has a Domestic Abuse No Contact Order (DANCO) against was in a prohibited distance from her current location. Officers arrived, met the man, who was 23 and homeless, arrested him and transported ...

COURTLAND – Saturday firefighters from Gaylord, Lafayette and Courtland took part in a friendly water fight. The contest took place in Courtland outside the fire station and involved hose teams going head to head to push a barrel along a cable. Which ever team could push the barrel with ...